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Muhammadu Buahari, 72 year old former army general who once ruled the country after a coup, has won Nigeria's presidential election. The election has been mostly free of violence, but there have been allegations of vote rigging and bias. Nigeria has Africa's biggest population, and its biggest ...

Almost half a century agoApril 1966Time magazine , "Is God Dead?" It was provocative, but understandable. The Second Vatican Council had just ended, with far less certainty about the churchs teaching, and a sexual revolution was also underway. The "Is God Dead" thesis has persisted, but Tim Shah ...

There is growing concern among Australian lawyers that the Federal Government's data retention laws could compromise the ethical and professional obligations lawyers have towards their clients. Some firms say the changes could impact on client confidentiality and they might need to take ...